Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-07-14

reasons. the author prNlcB not 10 nave MS
name published broad -cast, and II is in defer;
ence TO his wishes thatpo omit it.-EDIToRl
what May be Accomplished by Energy
and Perseverance.
Col. H. W. Pinckney, In Dirie, news
paper published al Atlanta. Georgia, re-
lates the following incidents, which came
under the writer's own observation, where
success trod closely on the heel Of per-
severencc and industry:
A man can make living, and also
make money, in hundreds of different
ways in this country, and IL is q mighty
good thing that It is SO, else oyer-produc-
tion would be the rule, not the exception.
know q man WHO is gettingfich out Of
baby swings. It's q simple, cheap thing
to make, and he started in simple and
cheap way to make them, his entire out
fit of tools comprising 10 saws, two saw
benches. draw shave, two hand planes,
brace and some bits, rough work
bench. He didn't stand around with his
hands in his pockets waiting for some
body with capital to come along and boost
him. Not much. He thought these
swings would sell, SO he made one and
peddlcd 1t around until he found pur-
chaser. Then he made another and sold
| that, and thus he kept on until finally
PEOPLE began to think his swings were q
good thing,to hayo intAe family, and
/ they began TO inquire for them. He start
ed eight wears ago, and alone did all the
work of making and selling them. Things
with him are very different to day lie
has shop two stories inlheight, and ma
chinery for saving. planning, boreing,
mortising, turning, and sandpapering the
material entering into the construction of
these swings. In that shop forty men find
constant employment, and, as said be-
fore, the owner Is getting rich out Of it..
Counting the wives and children Of the
workmen in that shop, there is popula
ton Of nearly or quite one hundred and
fifty making q living oHs~of one mans
idea that a baby swing would sell. A
, baby swing is not avery big thing, but i
Is in this case big enough 10 keep quite {
little village busy and comfortable.
A step ladder Is mighty handy thing
to have around the house. Five year
ago three men, by the closest kind o
a scraping, twisting, and borrowing, man
? aged to get together five hundred dollars
!, They bought some lumber, rugged up
= circular, or buzz, rip saw, and started II
= to make step ladders. For two years
= was struggle of the hardest kind; sale
= had to be made by personal canvass
I, prices obtained permitted no margin Q
: profit, and the outlook was Of such dis
courageing nature that their friends an
- neighbors pitied them first, then prophe
= sled dead failure, and finely. laughed {
Il their folly in sticking DYE losing game
"a There came change, hosvever. A prom
N inent house fS .nishinS goods firm on
~ day wroto4hem for prices on I'VE shouf
Y and ladders. The size Of this possib
n order nearly took them off their fee
= They had sense enough, however,
:. understand that this big house would nj
!, give them the order unless prices we
II ~ made away down, so they sat down an
!. figured the thing over, and having decid
j. ed that. matter, awaited the result, whi(
q turned in their favor and they got Il
q. order. Then they went TO work; eac
10 Zone took his coat of and pitched in; the
~ = worked sixteen hours atlay until tn
"a order was filled and II was Allied on tim
>. and each ladder was honestly mad
~ The only expense they realized was I,
40 lumber, screws. and paint. They hi
"a done all the work themselves. This w
, the turning point In their business caree
Within a month from the delivery
,t these five thousand ladders they had col
4 tracted with the same house for montl
ly supply Of two thousand five hundre
he They were on their feet now, and begi
q. to push things. They arc turning o,
r. to day, with fifteen men, ten thousal
'is step ladders each month, and have be,
a. doing this for more than year. A ST
rv ladder is a little thing, but these men q
making money out Of them.
x About fifteen years ago, In one Of u
IN big planning mills In Chicago, strip
nv board catching, In some unaccountat
en- manner, on buzz saw, was hurled wi
NJ violence agrinst the leg Of one OF I
Inn workmen, breaking 1t and badly man
ling the flesh. The injury resulted
III incapacitating the man man for perfor
NO ing the. labor required OF him In the mi
ia. and he was compelled 10 seek otf
lis means Of livelihood. A man of fine n
NO chanical attainments, his endeavors ve
naturally sought outlet In that directit
he so he built, after his own ideas, scr
lv or fret saw, foot power, and rugged ul
vjll seat on It, as he was unableto stand
en any length of time, and began sawi
aid out and putting together articles
he household ornament and utility.
hc regarded this as simply o tempori
ber means Of making living. After I'll
on he added to his scroll saw light bori
AZ attachment and then little turni
do lathe. Then he bought O cheap set
w caryer's tools. You see he was alwl
the looking out to save labor and to comb
nd originality In tho articles he turned 0
nv Time ran along, and almost before
sv}. knew It, he was getting more orders Il
nm. he could, alone, fill, so he hired n
the to dress and prepare his materials,
,eir out the patterns, and put the articles
less gether. Still his orders increased, I
ror ,S,' he hired another and still another m
M N = To-day he has thirty men IN his empl
inc ment, and he does no physical la
ma. himself. Making money Yes. ri
,sed along, but 1t was very little thing t
4 a gave him his start.
,ck. Now, the point wish to make Is Il
be Capital, In large amounts, isnot necess
T in in the founding Of industrial enterprii
,dv. A good deal Of pluck and energy,
,sed unconquerable perseverance,, are be
Irht than money, because, having til
money becomes the result, not the me-
/ he Of success. Money Is valuable. not
vith the means by which an end may be
lrht complishod, but rather because 1t Is
hrec result Of an accomplished end. II
, ar. power, immense power, but without
vish ergy behind 1t, Il is powerless. Pc
ever verance and energy can make mol
Life but money cannot make perseverance
yon- energy. What would like to see In
AZ n Sunny South Is more small indus
nd / establishments. / would rather 81
INV dozen shops employing three men O